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noun

• A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

• A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

• A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.

adjective

• Wide in extent or scope.

  Example: the broad expanse of ocean

• Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

• Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

• Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

• Plain; evident.

  Example: a broad hint

• (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.

• Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

• Gross; coarse; indelicate.

  Example: a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour

• (of an accent) Strongly regional.

• (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

noun

• A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.

• (sometimes obsolete) A woman or girl.

  Example: Who was that broad I saw you with?